Dragon Ball Z Movie 3
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| A Super Decisive Battle for Earth | |||
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| Premiere Date | 07 July 1990 | ||
| Premiere Event | 1990 Toei Anime Fair (Summer) | ||
| EIRIN Code | 113237 | ||
| Running Time | 60 minutes | ||
| Film Premiere Data | |||
| Total Gross | Unknown | ||
| Net Earnings | ¥800 million (approx. US $5.4 million) | ||
| Attendance | 2.2 million | ||
| Main Staff Credits | |||
| Scenario | Takao Koyama | ||
| Art | Yūji Ikeda | ||
| Animation | Minoru Maeda | ||
| Director | Daisuke Nishio | ||
| Production | Toei Animation | ||
| FUNimation Dub | |||
| Title | The Tree of Might | ||
| Premiere Date |
27 May, 1998 (Original Dub) 14 November, 2006 (Remastered Dub) | ||
"A Super Decisive Battle for Earth" is the third theatrical film of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Z. The movie premiered, which was additionally dubbed Akira Toriyama: The World, as the other two movies premiering at the fair were based on works by Akira Toriyama — Pink and Kennosuke-sama, on 07 July 1990. It was written by series organizer Takao Koyama and directed by Daisuke Nishio.
Summary
Gohan, Kuririn, Bulma, and Oolong are spending a peaceful day camping, but that night a huge fire breaks out it the nearby forest. Using their ki, Kuririn and Gohan put out the fire and use the Dragon Balls to restore the forest. Unbeknownst to our heroes, the fire was started by a space probe landing. The next morning the space pod begins scouting the area and it is soon revealed that it was sent by a Saiyan, Tullece, who has chosen the Earth to plant the Shinseiju (lit. “Tree of Godly Might”). The Shinseiju absorbs the world’s energy, storing it in its fruit, and whoever eats it is granted great power.
Tullece’s minions land and create a fisher in the earth to plant the seed. Kaio recognizes the Shinseiju and warns the Z Warriors of the Earth’s imminent devastation if they don’t destroy it immediately. The Z Warriors head out, but their attacks don’t even leave a scratch on the Shinseiju. Tullece’s minions soon appear and a battle breaks out as Tullece watches on from their space ship. The Z Warriors attack with all they have, but it soon become apparent they are no match.
Tullece soon notices the young Saiyan Gohan and appears before him, trying to convince him to join him and help him conquer the universe. Gohan refuses, so Tullece decides to kill him, but Piccolo intervenes. Unfortunately he is no match for the Saiyan and is sent flying. Tullece decides to have a little fun and creates an artificial moon, forcing Gohan to look at it and transform. Goku notices this and comes to help, only to be attacked by Gohan in Ōzaru form. Hire Dragon appears and calms Gohan, but after seeing this, Tullece shots Hire Dragon. Gohan goes into a frenzy and quickly turns on Tullece. Tullece decides he’s had enough fun and fires a massive ki attack at Gohan, but Goku severs his tail return him to normal just in time so that the attack misses Gohan.
Enraged at Tullece for treating Gohan like this, Goku quickly defeats Tullece’s minions and heads off to take on Tullece. Goku and Tullece’s one-on-one showdown begins and Goku has Tullece on the ropes. However, the fruit of the Shinseiju has finally developed and Tullece grabs one, taking a bite. With the sudden surge of power, Tullece quickly turns the tables on Goku, but the Z Warriors come to his aid. As they take on Tullece, Goku begins to form a Genki-Dama, but the Earth barely has any energy left.
Energy from the Shinseiju suddenly flows into Goku and the Genki-Dama is complete. With the remaining Z Warriors defeated, Goku confronts Tullece and each unleashes their final attack. Goku’s Genki-Dama overwhelms Tullece’s ki attack and hits him head on, sending him flying through the Shinseiju. The massive Genki-Dama also destroys the Shinseiju and its energy is returned back to Earth. With peace returned, our heroes enjoy another camping trip.
Cast
The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese film. Additional characters/cast members not originally credited, or with speaking roles exclusive to a specific dubbing, have been included at the bottom of the table.
| Character | Cast | ||
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| Son Goku | Masako Nozawa | Sean Schemmel | |
| Son Gohan | Stephanie Nadolny | ||
| Tullece | Chris Patton | ||
| Chi-Chi | Naoko Watanabe | Cynthia Cranz | |
| Piccolo | Toshio Furukawa | Christopher Sabat | |
| Bulma | Hiromi Tsuru | Tiffany Vollmer | |
| Kuririn | Mayumi Tanaka | Sonny Strait | |
| Kame-Sen’nin | Kōhei Miyauchi | Mike McFarland | |
| Shenlong | Tesshō Genda | Christopher Sabat | |
| Narrator | Jōji Yanami | Kyle Hebert | |
Main Staff
The following list provides the main staff responsible for the production of this theatrical film as credited in its respective ending credits.
- Scenario: Takao Koyama
- Director (Storyboard): Daisuke Nishio
- Animation Supervisor: Minoru Maeda
- Art Director: Yūji Ikeda
- Animation Supervisor Assistant: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, Masaki Satō
- Key Animation: Masami Suda, Katsumi Aoshima, Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Hisashi Eguchi, Masaki Satō, Naotoshi Shida, Masahiro Shimanuki, Kazuya Hisada, Takeo Ide, Naoki Miyahara, Hideko Okimoto, Masahiro Naoi, Kazue Kinoshita, Satoshi Horisawa, Yoshitaka Koyama, Tada’aki Miyata, Sōichirō Matsuda, Nobumasa Hayashi, Sachio Kamata, Hiromasa Hanawa, Mitsuko Mutsuzaki, Miho Shimogasa, Masaya Suzuki
- Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
- Assistant Director: Jun’ichi Fujise, Takahiro Imamura
- Production Progression: Akihiko Yamaguchi, Kōichi Murakami, Yūji Maebashi
Items
- Tree of Godly Might (神精樹; shinseiju)
The Shinseiju is a tree with fruit which only the gods are allowed to eat. Once it takes root, it grows fruit until it sucks out all of the land’s nourishment, and whoever eats these fruit is able to absorb the planet’s energy. But the dreadful result of this is that the planet that had its nourishment drained becomes a desert, and for hundreds of years afterwards not even a single blade of grass will be able to grow on it.
Setting
- Mount Pao-zu
- Tree of Godly Might
Variations
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Edits/Censoring
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Notes
- Daizenshuu 6 classifies this movie as an event that takes place between the end of Goku’s battle with Vegeta and his arrival on Planet Namek, with a few caveats:
"From the “Go” mark on the breast and back of Goku’s dōgi, it seems that this is a story from after Goku arrived on Planet Namek. However, there are inconsistencies, like the stage being set on Earth, that make it fair to say that this is a movie-only story."
Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 6: Movies & TV Specials (p. 60)
- Although this movie was presented in a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio in theaters, it was actually animated in a 4:3 fullscreen format. In fact, when the movie was initially released in 1990 on VHS and LaserDisc, it was presented in this 4:3 fullscreen format. However, the “Dragon Box The Movies” release would later drop this format, instead presenting all of the movies in their original widescreen theatrical format. Overall, this movie has been released to the home market on VHS, LaserDisc, 8mm film reel, and DVD.
- The movie was eventually adapted and released by Shueisha as a film animation comic in June 1994, and subsequently re-released under Shueisha’s "Jump Remix" line in April 2005.
Production
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Availability
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